Attachment for stoves



E. W. ROGERS.

ATTACHMENT FOR STOVES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1o, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERASTUS W. ROGERS, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

ATTACHMENT FOR STOVES.

Application filed May 10,

" following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for stoves Whereb the capacity of a cook stovecan be great y increased by distributing therheat from one or two burners of an oil stove, gas stove or the like to two or more openings in the attachment and over which utensils can be placed.

A further object is to provide an attachment of this character which can be used in connection with either gas stoves, oil stoves,

wood stoves or the like, it being possible easily to apply the device to a stove and there being means for controlling the How of hot gases through the attachment so that4 the desired result can be obtained.

Another object is to provide with the at.- tachment a warming tray adapted to be supported by the attachment beyond one side of the stove on which the attachment is mounted.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the attach` ment.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the base of the attachment, the same being provided, in the present instance, with an opening 2 near one end thereof over which may be supported one or more covering plates 3 having depending heat conducting tubes 4. The housing of the attachment is indicated at 5 and is mounted on and suitably secured to the base, this housing being provided with outlet openings 6 for the escape of hot gases.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

1920. serial No'. 380,211.

In the present instance four of these openings have been shown, two being located adjacent each end of the attachment. The housing may also be provided in its top with a transverse outlet slot 7 adapted normally to be closed by means of a slide 8.

Arranged longitudinally upon the base 1 is a partition 9 which divides the interior of the housing 5 into two noncommunicating compartments l0 and 1l, two of the openings 6 communicating with each compartment and one of the openings 2 communicating with each compartment. One of the end walls of the housing 5 can be provided with an outlet opening 12 communicating with both compartments. A sliding damper 13 is mounted in said end portion of the housing and can be shifted by means of a handle 14 so as to open or close the outlet 12. This outlet may open directly to the external atmosphere or can open into a smoke pipe connected to a chimney or the like. It is not considered necessary to illustrate such an arrangement.

A rod 15 is extended transversely through the compartments 10 and 11 and has dampers 16 secured to it. These dampers are adapted to be turned by means of a rod so as to close the compartmentsl() and 11 close to the adjacent outlet openings 6 thus to deflect the hot products of combustion from said compartments 10 and 11 into the outlet openings 6 adjacent the dampers 16.

Another transverse rod 17 extends across the compartments 10 and 11 at a point adjacent the center of the housing and this rod has dampers 18 secured thereto and within the respective compartments. By rotating the rod the dampers can be raised or lowered in the compartments. When they are raised they will cut off communication between the openings 2 and those openings 6 remote therefrom. Consequently products of combustion will flow directly from the openings 2 to the openings 6 thereabove so that only two of the outlet openings 6 can thus be utilized for cooking purposes.

Supporting plates 19 are arranged upon the base 1 adjacent that end thereof remote from the openings 2 and slidably mounted on and supported by these plates is a warming pan 20 which can be readily moved to or from position under the base l by means of a handle 21.

Suitable attaching means indicated generally at 22 can be provided at the ends of the base 1 for securing the attachment to a stove. It is desired A when the attachment is in position to have the openings 2 directly over the burners of the stove while the warming pan 2O will be supported beyond the side of the stove. The hot products of combustion will ascend within the tubes 4C to the respective compartments 10 and 11 and if all of the dampers 16 and 1S are open, theproducts of combustion will be distributed within each compartment so as topass outwardly through all of the openings 6. II'hus different utensils can be placed over the respective openings Yand practically all of the heat utilized for cooking purposes. rlhe smoke and gases will pass outwardly through the opening 12. I an oven is used on the attachment and it is desired to direct the gases and smoke into the walls of the oven, said ovencan be placed on the attachment so that the interior thereof will communicate with the two sets of openings 6.A

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Should it be desired to `utilize only one pair ci openings 6 for cooking purposes,

the dempers 18 can be closed.

. Under some conditions it is desirable to have a large outlet for smokek or therlike into the hollow walls of an oven, for eX- ample. This is especially true where the attachment is used in connection with a wood stove. For this purpose the opening 7 is provided, this opening being normally closed by the sliding damper 8.

What is claimed is:

A heat distributing attachmentl kfor stoves including a housing having separate longitudinal compartments, there being an inlet opening in the bottom of the housing at one end and communicating with both .compartments and a plurality' of outlet openings in the top of the compartments, said housing being provided in one end with a smoke outlet in communication with both compartments, a closure for the smoke outlet, a damper pivotally mounted in each compartment between the outlet and the smoke out- Tet, there being an outlet slot in the top of the housing between thc top outlets, a

slide normally closing said outlet slot, means extending from one end of the housing for attaching the device to a stove in position to receive hot products o combustion through the inlet opening, thereby to support one end of the-housing beyond the side of the stove, and awarming pan removably connected to the bottom of the projecting portion of the` housing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as Y my own, I have hereto aHixed my signature in the presence of a witness. v

ERASTUS W. ROGERS. Witness:

HERBERTD. LAwsoN. 

